Samsung to invest additional 850 mln USD in Vietnamese subsidiary

Hanoi, December 27 (VNA) – Electronics giant Samsung of the Republic of Korea’s recent board meeting has approved the spending of some 850 million USD for its unit in Vietnam to manufacture flip-chip ball grid arrays (FC-BGA), according to KBS News. FC-BGA is a highly-integrated package board used to connect a high-integration semiconductor chip to a main board. The company will spend the investment in phases until 2023 to build the new FC-BGA production line. According to the plan, the Vietnamese subsidiary will focus on producing FC-BGA while Samsung's factories in Suwon City (Gyeonggi) and Busan City will specialise in technology development and high-end products./.